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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">New Diagram Defaults</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog enables you to configure overall options for new diagrams and general diagram behavior.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Default Page Size</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show the default page size for new diagrams, which you set by clicking on the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Page Setup</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> button to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Page Setup</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Print pages with a border.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Landscape</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Print pages in landscape orientation. This checkbox is controlled from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Page Setup</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Public Features</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Protected Features</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Private Features</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default visibility of Class features.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Diagram Notes</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the diagram details in the top left corner of all diagrams in the model. Details include diagram name, package, version and author.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_UIControl">Use Opaque Diagram Labels</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify where opaque diagram labels should display. </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Screen</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> and </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Printing</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> are best, </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Clipboard and Files</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> might not be desirable.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Strict UML Syntax</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enforce compliance with UML syntax when adding new connectors and other structures.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Disable fully scoped object names</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Disable fully scoped object names, when an element is in a diagram; don't use when the element is in its home package. A scoped name is of the format </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">MyClasses::foo</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">::</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> character indicating that the Class is within another namespace.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Allow change of Created Date</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable the creation date on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Diagram Properties</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog to be altered.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Resize diagrams to neatly fit the screen.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Turn on auto-panning using the middle mouse button. With this option off, the middle mouse button causes a different type of panning.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Scale Saved Bitmaps to</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable Enterprise Architect to save bitmaps at a higher </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">resolution</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, suitable for using in published works.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_UIControl">Image Memory Limit</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set an image memory limit when generating images for RTF or HTML and when saving images to file. It is important when you have very large diagrams, as it affects the point at which Enterprise Architect starts to scale down the image; a low memory setting means it scales the image sooner.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select where diagram frames are automatically added to images of diagrams in files saved to disk, print-outs, and the default Enterprise Architect clipboard.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">A <a href="diagram_frame.htm">diagram frame</a> is a labeled outline around the diagram image, providing both a border and a reference.</span></p>
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